no longer in the category of technologically impossible. >> yesterday you called sandy a gdp event in a good way, adding being acreative to the quarter of gdp. does that mean it's a good day tomorrow if we get the open as expected in. >> historically people have said no. initially tomorrow it's like, well, wait a second. this is a disruption. numbers have to come down. interviewed the kroger ceo earlier, a really smart guy. he was saying, hey, you know, what we're okay meaning you don't have to take down numbers, but then you listen to danny meyer of the new republic, he'd have to take down numbers, but then later on when the checks start coming, when the federal government starts paying up, we're going to hear from former fema straighter, and then you see this, wow, immediate infusion, check comes, home depot, check comes, warehouser lumber, check comes, electricians, and those are some big checks, and it does matter. >> ah, here's some corporate news even as we speak. ibm authorizing a $5 billion stock buyback. >> my charitable stock owns it and that stock ever since they reported h